NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday said judges cannot be put under public scrutiny as it would hamper their functioning and independence."We cannot expose our judges to public scrutiny or inquiry because it would hamper their functioning and ..
World War II was almost over. Still, Hitler was unrelenting in his insane determination to exterminate Jews. A batch of around 20,000 Jews were in a concentration camp. Orders had come from Berlin to go ahead with their execution. However, the head o ..
It is heartening that the Government has set up a high-level Cabinet Committee under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister to give a major thrust to infrastructure development and keep the focus on this core sector. Allocation of Rs 1 lakh crore, th ..
INDIA'S prison law and policy needs total review. For example, India's Prison's Act 1894 permits " whipping" for prison indiscipline.This remains on India's statute book though it's been abolished in Andhra, Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Madhya Pr ..
Earlier, I have written few articles on oppression and mismanagement under section 397/398 of Companies Act, 1956. After looking into an interesting angle while dealing with a Company issue, I have decided to present that inviting comments fro ..
Status of Information Technology in Indian CourtsEver since NIC took up computerization in Supreme Court in 1990, many applications have been computerized which have impact on masses i.e. litigants. Following are some of the applications which have b ..
This paper* to attempts to compare the competitiveness of India and China over the last decade: China's GDP was three times that of India in 2007. China's share of GDP to the world was 10.8%, which was double that of India. The average annual growth ..
Fifteen days from now, India will be commemorating the carnage of 26/11 and pledging never to let it happen again. If past record is any indicator, it is virtually impossible to see this pledge through though preventing a terrorist strike for one yea ..
It is strange that Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P D Dinakaran, against whom serious charges of encroachment and illegal occupation of public land, acquisition of wealth beyond known means and abuse of office have been levelled, still continues ..
AT THE time of the national and state assembly elections, earlier this year, an NGO provided considerable detail to show that our legislative assemblies and parliament had come to be populated by a disproportionately large number of millionaires. The ..